Secret Place

O. T. #1300  "Secret Place"
Oct. 8, 2018
Psalm 91
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  Psalm 91:1

LET IT GLOW

Where is your secret place, hiding place? When I was a kid, who had been disciplined, I ran to my hiding place, the closet, and cried. I was alone there. Finally, Mom would come and talk to me there.
We can have a secret place today as an adult.

This is a psalm of comfort. It offers us some sweet promises of our God.  Just look at the first verse. Here are some key words that are significant to us as believers in Christ. Here are the meanings in the Hebrew language:

Dwelleth means to sit down; in quiet; to remain; inhabit; make to keep (house); (bring again to) place, return; remain; sit; settle; sit down still; a sitting place; tarry.

Secret refers to a cover; protection; hiding place.

Abide is to stop; to stay permanently; abide all night; cause to lodge all night; remain; tarry.

Shadow is a defense.

Let's break it down. He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High...

If we sit down in a quiet place, remain there, tarry, in the hiding place of protection of God, then what will happen? Now, we have to make a deliberate and conscience effort to get there. Dear friend, we will be met by our loving God there and welcomed inside. His peace will be found as we converse.

Jerry Falwell explained it this way in Liberty Bible Commentary:

This is a great promise of blessing to believers. Yet, the promise is not made to all who believe, but only to those who are willing to make their abode in the secret place, to sit down or take up residence there. The words shall abide signify pass the night. They imply a constant and continuous dwelling, and not just as temporary visitation during trouble or calamity. Psalm 91 is a promise to those who take up residence in the secret place.

So could  this phrase refer to us having a quiet time to pray to the Most High God, entering into the Holy of Holies (being covered with the blood of Jesus), to converse with Him? We can enter anytime, anywhere. He is only a breath or thought away. If we need to cry out to God all night, He is there listening to us.

LET IT GROW

... shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

When we dwell in that place, we are going to be protected with the defense of the Almighty. Do we even stop and consider His defense? He has thousands of angels equipped to fight for us. We have seen evidences of God's strength in the hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, tsunami. (People call them acts of nature.) This is the God that we can converse with, dear one. Bring those troubles to Him. He can melt them like wax in heat.
 Jesus defeated the devil's temptations in the wilderness with God's Word, which is the Truth. The Holy Spirit gives us strength to carry on, take the next step.


LET IT GO

Make my abode with God every day, all day long.
Bring my requests in the secret place of the Most High.
Stay under the shadow of the Almighty.
Keep my sins confessed up.